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Apostles and Martyrs

Apostles and Martyrs

Maurizio Viroli

, Alberto Nones

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Princeton University Press

DOI:10.23943/princeton/9780691142357.003.0015

This chapter considers models of religiosity and martyrdom that inspired generous actions for one's country's republican religion. Silvio Pellico, for instance, discovered his faith in prison, although he was already convinced that if God existed another life also should exist as a reward for those who suffered unjustly. Guided by his vision of Christianity, Pellico decided to commit himself to teaching—in spite of the pretentious philosophy that claimed to be a substitute for religion. In his Ricordanze della mia vita, Luigi Settembrini describes the contrast between the prejudiced religiosity that dominated the life of the subjects of the Kingdom of Naples, and the religion of virtue and liberty that his father taught him, with reference to classical and Christian examples.

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